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Since 2008, IFSI has sponsored and received 184 Chinese visiting scholars from 91 institutions.

During and after the Pandemic, IFSI International Programs have offered virtual scholarly communications and exchange activities. We have organized 74 online activities via Zoom with a total of 4044 participants. The topics included Community Informatics, Emergency Management, HathiTrust, Library Assessment, Library Management, Library Strategic Plans, LIS Education, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Research Data Management, Scholarly Publishing, Scholarly Writing, Subject Librarianship, and many more. Speakers were invited from University of Illinois departments including the iSchool, Writers Workshop, Main Library, and Policy Department. We also invited scholars from China and colleagues from CALA to join Zoom activities. More speakers will be invited from universities in and beyond Illinois.

In addition, the Chinese scholars attended the Big Data Summit organized by the University of Illinois Research Park and Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) GIS Conference in the U.S, and colleagues from CALA and in the U.S also attended the academic seminar on Digital Academic Service of Research Libraries organized by the National Science Library of China.

If you wish to apply to the IFSI Visiting Scholar Program, please contact Dr. Lian Ruan at lruan@illinois.edu

 

Mutual Exchange

Chinese Librarians Scholarly Exchange Program (CLSEP)

Chinese Visiting Scholar Program

Chinese Art Salon

Research Collaborations

Professional Archives Internship

Training Programs in Fire Services

Contact

Lian Ruan

Director of International Programs

International Programs Liaison

Email: fsi-international@illinois.edu
Telephone: 217-265-6107